Apparently, good things come in old Waffle Houses. One of
our regular go to places for margaritas and chips is La Hacienda, in an old
Waffle House, and His Place is also in an old Waffle House. I love that they
giant Waffle House sign is still visible behind the place too. They have cleaned it up and given it a bright
coat of paint. I was pleasantly
surprised to see the place half full at 11:30 when we got there, and get this;
it was actually WARM in there! So rare in this town.
So I have been stalking this menu online because of the
fried chicken, and knew that’s what I wanted to get. They have many other menu options though
including fried fish, rib tips, fried pork chops and the option of waffles with
your fried chicken. They have a great
little lunch special for $6.99 which includes one of the entrees (with chicken
you get two pieces of white or dark or 4 chicken wings), a side, and either
white bread or homemade corn bread (like that’s even a decision). So we each got one of these lunch plates, but
I had to add an additional side in order to try as much as possible, which
turned my lunch into a dinner which are $9.99.
I had the dark meat chicken (one leg, one thigh) and hubby
had the 4 chicken wings. The chicken was
really good. Super moist and tender—not
overcooked, not undercooked, and the crust was of the deep fried type. It was nice and crusty and little bits of it
fell all over the place when you ate it.
It wasn’t super-highly seasoned, but you could taste a bit of seasoning
in it (and you could see the flecks of pepper). It was very good, solid fried
chicken. Even hubby’s wings weren’t
dried out. I think we decided next time
we would get one order of dark and one of white and switch so we could each
have one piece of each type.
As for sides, hubby was bummed that they were out of greens
that day (and apparently so were some other people around us, which made us
just want to try them even more next time), but between us, we tried the mashed
potatoes, mac and cheese and creamed corn with Bourbon. First of all, the clear standout that we were
fighting over was the corn. It was really good. It was whole corn kernels, bits
of chopped onion and peppers, in a creamy sauce that included a hint of Bourbon
(and parmesan cheese). It was really
good—the Bourbon gave it a nice, rich flavor and the cheese a little extra
creaminess. This stuff is a must order.
My next favorite was probably the mac and cheese—it is homemade with
several kinds of cheese. It was nice and smooth and cheesy, but it could have used
a touch more seasoning. A bit of salt and pepper helped. They also offered hot sauce. Probably should
have thrown a bit on there too. My least
favorite was the mashed potatoes. In
fairness, I asked for them without gravy, which is probably a bad idea—they
were pretty dry. They were freshly made
with bits of skin in them. I like my mashed potatoes creamy and gravy-free so I
would take a pass on them next time (because I am totally getting the corn
anyway). The cornbread was in the form of little muffins and was really
good. It was nice and moist with just
the right amount of crumbly-ness.
The people in this place are great. Our server was really
nice and immediately upon sitting down warned us what they were out of, which I
appreciated so I didn’t get my heart set on anything (there are several items
that they don’t make every day apparently—luckily I don’t think the corn is one
of them). The food was out very quickly and I enjoyed the way the chef/owner
walked around and talked to everyone in the place when he wasn’t cooking. He obviously has a nice crew of regular
customers. He recognized pretty quickly that we were new and welcomed us and
made sure we knew about signing up for email offers, facebook and twitter. He is obviously working hard to make his business
a success and based on his crowd, I think he is doing a pretty good job. We
certainly plan on returning.
His Place
Eatery
6916 East 30th
Street
Indy 46219
317/545-4890
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